The Lizzard Summer Surf Session which was the opening event of the Umhlanga MTN Carnival drew record crowds and was surfed in very contestable conditions with beautiful weather to welcome the competitors and spectators to Umhlanga Main Beach
Over one hundred surfers took part in the two day competition and beach goers were treated to some spectacular surfing. The Open Men division was a tightly contested affair with Brandon Jackson taking down the win for R2500 cash, Dan Redman runner up pocketing R1500 and Gavin Roberts and Beyrick de Vries sharing R1000 in third place.
Open Men Winners All the results available here
The SPAR KZN prize purse of R5000 was shared by winner Sarah Baum, Heather Clarke (world Champion), Lynne Mackey and Kirsty Delport. Josch Scmeltzer won the open men longboarding and Heather Klug took the win for the ladies open longboarding. Teal Hogg from Umhlanga won both the u16 girls PRO and the paddle battle, and Beyrick de Vries took the win for the u20 boys PRO division and the R5000 cash prize for winning the Cottonfields AIR SHOW.
The u8 boys PRO was won by tiny surfer James Ribbink, and Dbn North surfer Olivia Izzard won the Clayton Surfboard for the most impressive surfer u16 yrs. Kirsty Delport won the u20 ladies division and Shane Sykes the u16 PRO boys division.
Surfers received some amazing prizes from Hurricane Surf, 100 plus, Cottonfields and other Umhlanga businesses such as Groovy Movies, Barbacoa, Newscafe, Umhlanga Pharmacy, Final Cut, Creative Beads, Scooters, News Café, Wimpy, Umhlanga Liquors, Lipo Tech, Underground Fitness, Fluid Blue, Ferucci Bakery, and The Gallery.
Marketing Manager for Lizzard Gavin Roberts was thrilled with the event and said “The weather and waves have been really good this weekend and some incredible surfing has gone down. Thanks to Peter Rose and Glen Pheasant from the Umhlanga Tourism Board for all their help. I could not be happier with the outcome of the contest”.
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